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* FOMC meeting dates
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import delimited "../data/fomc_dates/raw_data/FOMC_meeting_dates.csv", clear

*Format date
rename date date_help
gen date=date(date_help, "MDY")
format date %td
order date
drop date_help

**variable labels
label variable fomc_meet "Dummy for FOMC meeting day"
label variable scheduled "Dummy for whether the FOMC meeting was scheduled"
label variable ffr_chg "Dummy for whether the Fed Funds rate changed"

compress
save "../data/fomc_dates/clean_data/FOMC_meeting_dates.dta", replace
